Shameless Gangster

Chapter 14A

Jiang Xiaoning frowned and asked, "Is that the person who touched you?"

His appearance as he was in deep contemplation was absolutely adorable in Han Jia's eyes, to the extent that he actually had a moment of staring into space before finally shifting his sight elsewhere. "Many people have touched me, which one are you talking about?"

Those words flared up Jiang Xiaoning immediately and his voice increased exponentially. "How can you...how...you can't just...can't... being like this will provoke others to drug you!"

When you think about it, this was actually a bit hurtful, but when Jiang Xiaoning rushed to furiously say that sentence, seeming to have completely forgotten that he had also been drugged. Coupled with him stammering, Han Jia had thought he would say "shameless" or "careless" or something else, so when that didn't happen, he couldn't help but want to laugh. However, afraid that the laughter would make Jiang Xiaoning explode, he covered his lower half, crouched down and picked up the bedsheet that he had just thrown to the floor.

Han Jia did not speak, Xiaoning also did not talk; that was followed by a period of silence. When he carried the bed sheet, intending to walk out, Jiang Xiaoning was finally unable to bear it and anxiously explained: "I didn't mean to say that...Han Jia, do you think that I'm like that person and only want to bully you?" Without waiting for Han Jia to answer, he added, "I even made you a meal...you...don't be sad..."

Han Jia held the sheets and stood still at the same spot looking at him; the thoughts of wanting to laugh all disappeared. He looked at Jiang Xiaoning's slightly furrowed brows, the distinct black and white of his eyes and the apprehensive and courageous expression that settled there - suddenly, he couldn't shift his gaze elsewhere.

Jiang Xiaoning waited for his answer, but he was still in a daze; the room fell into a bizarre quietness.

... breaking this quietness was the sound of his cell phone.

Han Jia returned to his senses and followed the sound toward the living room and saw that his phone had been placed on the small coffee table.

He picked it up for a look, and to his surprise, it was a call from Zhou Guoshu; they had not been in contact for some time, and truthfully, Han Jia was in the dark of his purpose as he placed the phone near his ear and greeted cautiously.

"Han Jia, are you okay? I've called you several times already..." Zhou Guoshu's voice seemed to be relieved.

Han Jia frowned, unaware of what he was asking.

Zhou Guoshu's voice became riddled with a hint of uncertainty, "How come you're not speaking? Where are you?"

"At the residence," Han Jia said vaguely and then softened his tone, "You haven't contacted me in a long while... miss me?"

Zhou Guoshu was silent for about two seconds; his voice revealed a slight awkwardness. "It's good that you're okay, then, uh...I already know about what happened yesterday. Zhang Xueming was also a bit confused...luckily, you're all right, and I've already lectured him. Han Jia...umm, for my honor, can you let him go this once?"

What's going on? Han Jia didn't know how to react; just two months ago, Zhou Guoshu didn't know Zhang Xueming at all, yet now, he was actually pleading for him?

His silence made Zhou Guoshu's voice even more awkward, "Han Jia, you see, since you've accompanied ShiJie for the last several times and ShiJie doesn't really want me to look for you...the boy that I'm seeing now, it was Zhang Xueming who introduced him. This, Zhang Xueming, knows that he has caused trouble...let me ask where he..."

That son of a bitch was actually making extra money behind my back? Trying to stand atop another mountain, huh? Han Jia internally made offensive references to Zhang Xueming's ancestors while dropping his tone to that of disappointment: "I understand, Zhou Juzhang has a new lover now and is afraid to wrong but not afraid to wrong me..."